The 99 Club

Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content. One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while A lowly servant had so much joy. The King asked the servant, ' Why are you so happy?' The man replied, ' Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies .'

The king was not satisfied with that reply. Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After hearing the King's woes and the servant's story, the advisor said, ' Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club.' ' The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?' the King inquired. The advisor replied, ' Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is, Place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep.'

When the servant saw the bag, he took it into his house. When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy... So many gold coins! He began to count them. After several counts, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins. He wondered, ' What could've happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99 coins! 'He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection. From that day, the servant's life was changed. He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin. He stopped singing while he worked.

Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled. When he sought his advisor's help, the advisor said, ' Your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99 Club. 'He continued, ' The 99 Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented, because they're always yearning and striving for that extra 1 telling to themselves: 'Let me get that one final thing and then I will be happy for life .' We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we're given something bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us; all these as a price for our growing needs and desires. That's what joining The 99 Club is all about.'

Desktop screen shot... again!

previous one... http://azzra.blogspot.com/2008/10/desktop-screenshot.html
I want to c how i work... desktop is cluttered with photoshop brushes.. and my writing is reeeeaaaallllly BAD!!! coz my wrist feels like as if its abt to burst into thousand pieces... have been working like a mad woman on a project that had to be done by this afternoon.... finally got that off my back.... phew!!!!! wat relief.

so yeah... i reeeeeaaaaly those 'love' those days when $$$ goes higher!!! yay!!! more money..... muhahahahahaha!!!!!

so yea.... mail keeps piling up... gotta get dat cleaned up.........
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm................. maybe another day.
*goes off to watch tv*

Sunshine and Rain

Clicked these photos few days back when it was raining with the sun shining down... It takes both Rain and Sunshine, to make A Rainbow.

BE the Change...

A Day In a Woman's Life...

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pyjamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring on the cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, ;or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn ove r the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls. As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pyjamas, reading a novel.

She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What happened here today?" She again smiled and answered, "You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world did I do today?" "Yes," was his incredulous reply. She answered, "Well, today I didn't do it."

God's Clinic

A Cheque for $ 500,000/-

A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy. Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you," he said.
After listening to the executive's woes, the old man said, "I believe I can help you." He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, "Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time." Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.
The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world! "I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the un-cashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.
With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again. Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the un-cashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.
"I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he hasn't been bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest home and telling people he's John D. Rockefeller”. And she led the old man away by the arm. The astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All year long he'd been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him.
Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after. IT IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE BUT IT IS HOW YOU THINK HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON YOUR LIFE.

Life is beautiful

Beware of the Dog..!

Tagged... again..!

I have been tagged ... and so I will henceforth tell you six unspectacular things about myself...

1. I NEVER send on e-mails sent to me that tell me I MUST send them on. Even if they promise a miracle if I do, or threaten death if I don't ....I delete them. I am still alive and every day He brings me another miracle. :)
2. I don't like TV. Seriously..I find it either stressful or boring - can't stand it.
3. I don't like the planes flying above me. I have this fear that they will crash on me.
4. I love cooking. Takes my mind off certain issues and makes me feel so totally in control...
5. I love how everything looks when it rains while the sun is still shining down and a rainbow is formed.
6. I love stock photography... its my new hobby... God bless the developers of digital camera.

here are the rules for this tag....
Rules:
1). Link the person that tagged you.
2).Mention the rules on your own blog.
3). List 6 unspectacular things about you.
4).Taggify 6 other bloggers.

Garfield - 9

How well do you know your hyderabad?

1. The world famous hyderabad briyani is named after?
a. The drink thats drunk before, during and after its consumption.
b. The music maestro, yani
c. Hyderabad

2. Boti kabab is named after?
a. A visiting french general who exclaimed 'beau tea' at the irani cafe where he tried the speciality first
b. Nobody reallt really knwsc.
c. A body part

3. Hyderabad's most fomous heritage bakery was set up by people who migrated from.
a. Lonndon
b. Paris
c. Karachi

4. The sweetest tea in Hyderabad is called 'khada chammach' because?
a. Its so good you give it a standing oration.
b. It has so much sugar that the spoon stands on end.
c. The milk is so rich, creamy and thick that the spoon stands on end.

5. Double ka meetha has made the name because?
a. The bread that its made from is called double roti.
b. The sugar, butter and cream that go in are double that of any dessert.
c. It was invented by Ian Fleming's james bond - Double-O-Seven.

6. Charminar was the center of the city
a. 50 years ago
b. 400 years ago
c. never

7. Lakdipur is made of
a. Wood
b. Concrete
c. Both

8. Where in Hyderabad cab you find the remnants of silk farm?
a. Nalli silks
b. Silkoor
c. Reshambagh

9. The secret lake is in
a. Hiding
b. Madhapur
c. Shaikhpet (durgam cheruvu)

10. Golconda fort gets its name from?
a. The round hill it sits on
b. The army's golconda mess
c. The goatherds who used to play on the hill

11. Who founded the city of Hyderabad?
a. Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah
b. Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah
c. Hyder Ali Khan

12. what was Hyderabad's original name?
a. Charminar
b. Nizamabad
c. Bhagyanagar

13. Wwhat is the name of the old stone bridge that a ruler of Hyderabad built so that his son could cross the river musi to visit his beloved?
a. Patthar gatti
b. Nayapul
c. Puranapul

14. Traders who wanted to do business in Hyderabad used to set up camp in?
a. Nampally railway station
b. Shalibanda
c. Caravan sarai

15. What was public garden's original name?
a. Victoria garden
b. Jubilee garden
c. Bagh-e-aam

16.In Hyderabad, you can see the stars best from atop a hill that used to be called 'naubat pahad' because
a. Its the highest point in the city
b. Its where the sky is lowest
c. Its where the birla planetarium is located.

17. Chowmahalla palace is named after
a. A chinese kitchen in its premises where chow used to be made
b. The four nizams who built palaces there
c. The four acres that its built on

18. Mecca Masjid gets its name from
a. The british regent who suggesred to the nizam to 'make a masjid'
b. The fact that the mosque faces Mecca
c. The bricks from Mecca that are embedded into its walls

19. Which of the following are named after the seventh nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan
a. Osmania university
b. Osmania biscuits
c. Osmania hospital

20. The rocks of Hyderabad are
a. A few centuries old
b. Imported from Italy
c. Over 2500 million years old.

ANSWERS:
1. c2. c3. c4. c5. c6. b7. c8. c9. c10. c11. a12. c13. c14. c14. c15. c16. c17. c18. c19. a,c & c20. c

Character

What is love?

A little something to brighten your day. Touching words from the mouth of babes.
What does Love mean? A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 Year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

• "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca- age 8
• "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4
• "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5
• "Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of Your french fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy -age 6
• "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4
• "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7
• "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss" Emily - age 8
• "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
• "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
• "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7
• "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6
• "During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." Cindy - age 8
• "My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6
• "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine-age 5
• "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7
• "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4
• "I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4
• "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an imagination) Karen - age 7
• "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6
• "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the Contest was to find the most caring child.
The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's' yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry"

Desktop Screenshot

My desktop screen shot.

First time ever its so clean and clutter free, hence the post... tehehe. N'joy!

Dat happens to me all the time...!

Put the Glass down!

A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, 'How much do you think this glass weighs?'
'50 gms!'... '100 gms!'... '125 gms' ... the students answered.
'I really don't know unless I weigh it,' said the professor, 'but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?'
'Nothing' the students said.
'Ok! What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor asked.
'Your arm would begin to ache', said one of the students.
'You are right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?'
'Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress and paralysis and have to go to hospital for sure!' ventured another student; and all the students laughed.
'Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?' asked the professor.
'No'
'Then what caused the arm ache and the muscle stress?' The students were puzzled.
'Put the glass down!' said one of the students.
'Exactly!' said the professor. 'Life's problems are something like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head and they seem okay. Think of them for a long time and they begin to ache. Hold it even longer and they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything'.
'It's important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to have trust in Allah (SWT) and to 'put them down' at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh and strong and can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!'
So, as it becomes time for you to leave office today, Remember friend to 'PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY' and have tranquility by putting trust in Almighty Allah (SWT).
Noble Qur'an says: "He it is who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they might have more faith added to their faith". (48:4)
Tranquility is sign of strong faith while worries and stress is sign of weak faith.
Tell to your mind every day before you go to sleep: "YAA AYYATUHAN NAFSUL MUTMAINNAH, IRJI'II ILAA RABBIKI RADHIYATAN MARDHIYYAH, FADKHULII FII IBAADII WADKHULII JANNATII". (Al-Fajr 89:27-30)
"O soul that is at rest satisfied. Return to your Lord well-pleased (with Him), well-pleasing (Him). So, enter among My servants, and enter into my Paradise" Noble Qur'an.
By worrying so much, do not turn your life to hell. Good luck

Typical work week

SKILLS TEST

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GOOD JOB !!










Tomorrow I'll send you ABCD :-)

Be YOU!

What Breaks the Relationship?

MISTRUST

Trust is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, 'Public Utilities Board.' There was silence. She repeated, 'PUB.' There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she heard a lady's voice, 'Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my Husband's pocket but I do not know whose number it is.'Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just 'hello' instead of 'PUB'.

POINTING FINGERS

A man asked his father-in-law, 'Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?'
The father-in-law answered in a smile, 'Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you.'We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.

CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS?

A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested 'I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one.'
The SDU officer said, 'Your requirements, please.'
'Oh, good looking, polite, humorous, sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour, if I don't go out. Telling me interesting stories when I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest.'
The officer listened carefully and replied, 'I understand you need television.'There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband, because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up a ND discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.

OVERPOWERING TENDENCY

Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another, or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that 'It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character.'It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing the spouse character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness. It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations.

WRONG SPEECH

There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that 'A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation.' Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other, we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party.A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted, 'Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school.'
On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, 'Luckily you married me. Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker.'
She answered, 'You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he will be the millionaire and not you.'Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.

BEING IMPATIENT

This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, and hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery and saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, 'Daddy, I'm sorry about your truck.' Then he asked, 'but when are my fingers going to grow back?' The father went home and committed suicide. Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or you wish to take revenge. Think first before you lose your patience with someone you love. Trucks can be repaired. Broken bones and hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.

Act instead of reacting

Peace comes when we take charge of our lives.
When problem comes along dont be a victim who just reacts, face the problem assertively and act.